MUSTO PERFORMANCE
SKIFF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
Sailors from 7 different nations
fill the top 12.
Photos: Tania Samus http://photoskiff.com/
The Go Sailing Musto Performance Skiff European Championships
from Portoroz has been won by local Slovenian sailor,
Dylan Tidd.
17 year old Dylan put together a consistent series in
the spotlight of national TV and press and joins World
Champion, Daniel Henderson, as another hugely talented
young sailor emerging from the class.
The regatta started with the opening ceremony by the
swimming pool at Restaurant LAGUNA in Marina Portoroz
on a warm sunny evening.
Day 1 was covered by Jolanda Bertole and her cameraman
from Slovene National Television, with an entry of 45
competitors from 12 countries: AUS, AUT, BEL, FRA, GER,
GBR, ITA, NED, RUS, SUI, USA and SLO
For the first time Slovenian class regular and previous
Olympic 470 campaigner Mitja Margon was joined by top
local young sailor Dylan Tidd.
Race 1 started got underway in a light
breeze, which was to dominate the regatta. Although
the sea breeze arrived every day, it's direction changed
throughout the week and this was to be the dominating
factor of the event, as the direction changes had quite
noticeable effect on the decisions that the competitors
had to make. Race 1 was led home by Jamie Hilton (GBR
281) closely followed by Dylan Tidd (SLO) and Australian
Marcus Hamilton
Race 2 was led home by class chairman
Iver Ahlmann (GER), with Scot James Lewis holding off
Matt Hollis (GBR) to take second.
Ahlmann continued his good form to take
line honours in race 3, Tidd was 3rd only beaten by
Italian Giacomo Giovanelli
Day 2 racing was in similar conditions
to day 1 with Ben Schooling (GBR) taking the first race
of the day from Pieter Versavel (USA) and Gilles Peeters
(BEL) in 3rd
Jamie Hilton took his second regatta win
in race 5 with Nicholas Duchoud (SUI 109) second and
Andy Bunyan (AUT 401) in 3rd
Races 6 saw Dylan Tidd start to make his
move against overall event leader Iver Ahlmann by winning
the final race of the day from Marcus Hamilton (AUS
453) and Emilien Taque (FRA 292)
Day 3 and Tidd continued his form by taking
race 7 from Alistair Kerr (GBR 374) and Paul Dijkstra
(NED 076) and Alastair Conn (GBR130) who was also starting
to pull clear from the main pack in the overall standings
and Austrian Andy Bunyan (AUT 401) in 3rd
Alastair Conn continued his good form
by taking the win in race 9 from Swiss master Roger
Oswald (SUI 103) and British Grand master Nigel Walbank
(GBR 394)
After a fantastic 5 course gala dinner
and live music the final day dawned with a few sore
heads.
Tidd pulled through from just outside the top ten at
the first leeward rounding to take the win and secure
the championships from Tim Hill (AUS 424) and Mitja
Margon making it a good day for Slovenia in 3rd.
The final race was dominated by Dutch
sailor Paul Dijkstra who led from start to finish for
a well deserved win from Jamie Hilton (GBR 281) and
Tim Hill (AUS 424)
The class continued to grow in Europe
with fleets of over 50 in Germany and Switzerland, the
EuroCup series will end this year with well over 100
competitors taking part.
Medal winners.
1. place: SLO 271 – Dylan Tidd – 39 pts
2. place: GER 370 – Ivar Ahlmann – 50 pts
3. place: GBR 130 – Alastair Conn – 54 pts
Full
results here >>>
Silver
1st Andy Bunyan GBR 401
2nd Emilien Taque FRA 292
3rd Gilles Peeters BEL 185
Bronze
1st Christian Maier AUT 368
2nd Ron Barnes GBR 228
3rd Fritz Selb SUI 420
Youth
1st Dylan Tidd SLO 271
2nd Matt Hollis GBR 356
Master
1st Roger Oswald SUI 308
2nd Sergei Samus GBR 456
3rd Tom Conway GBR 294
Grand Master
1st Nigel Walbank GBR 394
2nd Tim Chapman GBR 333
3rd Martin Mayrhofer AUT 460
Furthest travelled
Chris Sutherland AUS 369
Tim Hill AUS 424
Marcus Hamilton AUS 453
Furthest driven
Yaroslav Petrov RUS 213 (3200km)
Please see the event official website
www.gosailing.si
Report by Paul Manning.
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